The classic cartoon creations of animator Chuck Jones are set to take over the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in an summer exhibition opening May 14 titled ‘Chuck Jones: An Animator’s Life From A to Z-Z-Z-Z.’
The exhibition will feature more than 150 drawings, storyboards, cels and dialog sheets from Jones’ animated short films. Working primarily for Warner Bros. on the Looney Tunes characters, Jones brought to life many of the classic adventures of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Pepe Le Pew, Wile E. Coyote and others.
The exhibition will be free to the public and located in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery at its Beverly Hills building, 8949 Wilshire Blvd.
The exhibition is presented in association with the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, the nonprofit organization from which many items in the exhibition have been drawn, with additional items on loan from the Chuck Jones Collection at Warner Bros.
The show will be open Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends from noon to 6 p.m. The exhibit will be closed May 29 and 30 for Memorial Day and July 3 and 4 for Independence Day. It will close on Aug. 22.
For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.
